Jeremiah 25:23

Dedan, and Tema, and Buz. — From the west we pass again to the east, the first two districts lying to the south-east of Edom, the last probably in the same region. For Dedan see Genesis 10:7; Genesis 25:3; Genesis 25:2; 1 Chronicles 1:9; 1 Chronicles 1:32; Isaiah 21:13; Ezekiel 25:13. For Tema, on the modern pilgrims’ road from Damascus to Mecca, see Isaiah 21:14; Job 6:19. For Buz see Genesis 22:21. The fact that the “travelling companies of Dedanim” (Isaiah 21:13) carried on the trade between Tyre and Arabia (Ezekiel 27:15) accounts in part for their mention here.

All that are in the utmost corners. — The marginal reading gives the true meaning — all that have the corners of their temples shorn. (See Note on Jeremiah 9:26.) The words point to the nomad tribes of Kedar, who were distinguished by this peculiarity. For “mingled people,” see Note on Jeremiah 25:20. The genealogies of Genesis 10; Genesis 25:1, and 1 Chronicles 1 point to a great intermingling of Cushite and Semitic races in these regions.